About Amy: I am mainly 2 things in life – a designer and a bikepacking cyclist crossing multiple cycling disciplines.

I got reacquainted with the sewing machine after a 10 year hiatus during which I became a set designer in Australia and a graphic designer in NZ, with the most recent role being quite successful working in advertising at a big corporate, however did not bring joy. The sewing background predates all the above, stemming from the costume design side of my Events Design Diploma and an uncompleted Fashion Design Degree. I fell into making bikepacking bags by accident in 2021 during lock down and sent a few of my friends off on the 2022 Tour Aotearoa with some marginally satisfactory bags. Needless to say, things improved from there on.

In the beginning of my career, I discovered road cycling, then Audax randonneuring. After the move to New Zealand from Sydney, I became fascinated with bikepacking, completing the Tour Aotearoa in 2018, Kopiko Aotearoa in 2021, 1200km of the Sounds 2 Sounds in 2025 and lots of local bikepacking events. Inspired by the rugged, mountainous country of the Renegades Muster, I decided to step up to bikepack racing, which was met with a failed attempt in 2022, then completed in 2023 with a 4th place in women's while a bikepacking ambassador for Marin NZ.

I had the priviledge of being in Kopiko, filmed by Deane Parker and Dylan Gerschwitz, sponsored by Salsa.